Booz Allen is looking to hire a Cybersecurity Firmware Engineer to test and evaluate systems against security requirements, identify potential risks and vulnerabilities, and ensure security compliance against strict DoD requirements.
Requirements
- Experience with VHDL or OpenCL firmware programming
- Experience implementing Linux Operating Systems, including Red Hat
- Experience analyzing and executing test plans and procedures
- Experience developing or analyzing technical documentation
- Knowledge of an FPGA device, including Xilinx, Intel, or Microsemi
- Experience with HDL verification techniques, including SystemVerilog, OVM, or UVM
- Experience with higher-level code development, including Nvidia CUDA, OpenCL, Simulink HDL Coder, and Xilinx System Generator
Responsibilities
- Collaborate in a team-based environment to test and evaluate systems against a set of security requirements to evaluate potential risk.
- Gain an understanding of and develop potential testing methodologies based on vendor-provided system documentation.
- Utilize functional and working or industry knowledge to review hardware description language to identify potential threat vectors.
- Assess hardware and software-based cross domain systems to ensure security compliance against strict DoD requirements.
- Conduct analysis and testing to identify vulnerabilities and potential threat vectors in assessing various cross-domain systems, identify exploits, and develop attack methodologies.
- Apply specific functional and working or industry knowledge.
- Create reports based upon the results of hands-on testing and brief stakeholders on any findings identified.
Other
- Secret clearance
- Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 IAT Level II Certification, including Security+ CE, CYSA, SSCP, or GSEC Certification, within 6 months of hire date
- TS/SCI clearance
- Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits.
- As part of the application process, you are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments.
